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Article: Clifton A. Moore: a steady hand on the stick at LAX. (Los Angeles. Department of Airports) (Journal Profile)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 6, 1988
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Clifton A. Moore: A steady hand on the stick at LAX
For a guy who never went to college, Clifton A. Moore has come a long way. The easy-going 66-year-old now commands the world's third busiest airport and takes home a $143,000 paycheck, one third more than Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley.
Moore rose from chief electrician at Los Angeles City Hall in the 1950s to his current position as head of one of the city's three independent departments. The airport department, like the harbor department and the water and power department, can issue revenue bonds and set budgets. They are not funded by taxpayer monies. Last year the agency netted roughly $15 million. ...